Toothbrush holder



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R. WINOGRAD ET AL- TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER Filed March 51. 1925 ROMAN W1 NOGRAD Smuga. SHAKIN /mm/m ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

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Application filed; March 31, 1925. Serial No. 19,669.

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it knownthat we, ROMAN VVINoGRAn and SAMUEL SHAKIN,cit1zens of the. United States, and residents of New, York, in the county of Bronx fand State of New-York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toothbrush Holders, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to tooth brush holders, particularly the-kind which provide an individual housingfor a tooth brush to protect the same from. falling dust and to prevent the bristle portion of the brush to come in contact with other brushes or articles' It is one of the objects of'the invention to provide a bracket of extremely simple construction for'the support of such an aforesaid housing,

Another object is to make this bracket especially suitable for use in connection with a commercial glass tube which may be used for housing the brush.

A further object is to provide means in connection with the bracket which enable the housing, after having been removed from the bracket for cleaning or other purposes, to be replaced in the most advantageous position with respect to it, without any difiiculty or accurate adjustment. A still further object is to provide a tooth brush holder of the character described which can be economically manufactured, comprising the least possible number of parts, and which can be applied to actual use by any person, not necessarily with mechanical experience.

Still other objects will become apparent I in the following specification and its accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the tooth brush holder complete;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, taken along the plane of line 22, in Fig. 1, showing a tooth brush in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the holder; and

Fig. 4: a cross sectional view taken along the plane of line, 4-4, in Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views.

10 is a housing or glass tube of the kind customarily used as a test tube, and commercially obtainable in the market as such, havingv a cylindrical body portion 11 of the same diameter throughout its length, and

its top closed at 12 and its bottom open at 13. -14: is abracket, consisting of a vertically disposed standard 15, having at its upper end two outwardly extending curved arms 16 and 16 so shaped as to embrace snugly the cylindrical portion ll'of the housing 10, andconnected to the standard in a U-shaped cross section, as shown at 17, in order to keep'the housing 10 a littledistance. away from the standard to allow clearance for screw heads, as will be apparent hereafter. The lower end of the standard: 15 is also bent outwardly at, preferably, right angles thereto at 18, and is slightly cup-shaped at 19. The bracket 14 is, preferably, made of a sheet metal'stainping and is particularly designed with this end in view, so that the same may be manufactured very cheaply and produced in large quantities. In about the center of the standard 15, a prong 20 is provided for, bent outwardly at substantially right angles to the standard. This prong is stamped out of the standard, leaving a rectangular opening 21 therein. The prong 20 projects outwardly far enough to form a support for the lower end of the housing 10. 22 is an opening for a screw to fasten the bracket 1 1 to a wall, located in the standard 15 between the arms 16 and 16 and prong 20.

22 is a tooth brush, indicated in Fig. 2, in dotted lines.

The method of using our improved tooth brush holder is as follows:

The tooth brush 22 is placed. in the position, shown in Fig. '2, so that its brush portion will be within the housinglO. The extreme end of itshandle part rests within the cup-shaped portion 19 of the bracket 14. In this position the brush will be protected from falling dust, or from contacting with other brushes or articles, resulting in a sanitary storage of the brush.

It will be noted that the arms 16 and 16 which have certain springy properties owing to its construction and material, snugly embrace the housing 10 and being of considerable width hold and guide the same securely in a vertical position. The prong 20- acts as a stop for the housing 10 in its lowest position. This feature is of particular I advantage when replacing the housing, after having been withdrawn for cleaning purposes or after renewal, for the reason that i tooth brush support in the most desirable position. this slot permits the employment of an ordinary glass test tube which is ofuniform diameter throughout its entire length as a housing. Heretofore in a holder,n ot providing for such a stop, a tube had to be used, either of tapering diameter, i. e. larger at the top, or one having a. shoulder to rest upon arms 16 and 16 or their equivalents, or else, frictional contact between the armsandthe glass tube was entirely depended upon to maintain the same in position, which latter very often resulted in breakage of the glass and also necessitated the bending of the arms to fit the glass tubesnugly. With the stop or prong 20 it is not necessary to have such a very snug fit between the glasslO and arms 16 and 16 because the arms in this case act only as a guide to keep the same in a vertical position, the exactlocation being fixed by the stop.

lVhile We have shown and described the housing 10 made of glass, We do not Wish to limit ourselves to such, but may want to employ any other sanitary material which may he used to equal advantage. 7

Various other changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the ad- Furthermore, the provision of appended claim.

1 That we claim, as new, is: H p

A toothbrush holder, comprising a tubular housing of uniform diameter, closed at its top and open at its bottom, and a bracket stamped from a single piece of metal, consisting of a vertically disposed standard having arms at its. upper end snugly embracing the said housing and slidably holding it in a position parallel to that of the said standard and in spaced relation thereto, the said housing being adapted to be removed from betweenthe said arms by slidvantages of the invention, as defined in the ing cup-shaped to. form a support for the lower end of the handle of a tooth brush,

ing upwardly only through the tops thereof,

the said standard having arigid prong projecting therefrom engaging the bottom of the said housing adjacent; the said bracket and limiting the downward movement of the said housing without. obstructing its opening, the said prong being out out of the said standard and integral therewith at one end. 7

In testimony whereof wehave hereunto set our hands and seals.

ROMAN-WINOGRAD. i as Q SAMUEL sHAKrN. 7 11s. 

